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i did.. they are going house to house door to door in my neighborhood.. i heard the sounds of a bunch of car doors slamming and looked out my window and saw 4 cars full of jw's with bookbags and smiles.. all parked in front of my house in the no parking area.. because jehovah would never allow his people to get a ticket for parking in the no parking snow ban area whilst spreading " the good news".
hmm, i can't think what to say to them.. should i pretend to be ignorant of what they teach and be nice or just let them have it.. i have that luxury because we have moved 20 miles away from our old kingdom hall.. any ideas?.
Let me tell you they have gone all out this time.
I actually saw Hispanic people amongst them.
A good thing since 1/2 of my neighborhood is from Honduras and Puerto Rico.
The other 1/4 from Portugal.
1/8 from Cambodia.
Then there is us and the other whities down the street.
And - I am not a racist.
Just giving the ethnic backdrop where this door to door work will be taking place.
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i did.. they are going house to house door to door in my neighborhood.. i heard the sounds of a bunch of car doors slamming and looked out my window and saw 4 cars full of jw's with bookbags and smiles.. all parked in front of my house in the no parking area.. because jehovah would never allow his people to get a ticket for parking in the no parking snow ban area whilst spreading " the good news".
hmm, i can't think what to say to them.. should i pretend to be ignorant of what they teach and be nice or just let them have it.. i have that luxury because we have moved 20 miles away from our old kingdom hall.. any ideas?.
I saw them.
I did. I did. I did.
They are going house to house door to door in my neighborhood.
I heard the sounds of a bunch of car doors slamming and looked out my window and saw 4 cars full of Jw's with bookbags and smiles.
All parked in front of my house in the NO PARKING area.
Because Jehovah would never allow his people to get a ticket for parking in the no parking snow ban area whilst spreading " The Good News"
Hmm, I can't think what to say to them.
Should I pretend to be ignorant of what they teach and be nice or just let them have it.
I have that luxury because we have moved 20 miles away from our old Kingdom Hall.
Any ideas?
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i'm wondering what the funniest thing you ever saw at the memorial was?.
for me it was when one of the mentally ill ladies in the congregation came to the kh with the back of her dress cut out because she said she was telling the demons to kiss her butt.. she walked right up to the front row, past everyone and sat down.. there were brothers running to block everyones view but it was quite clear that she was not even wearing undies.. this particular sister was always talking about the demons.
I'm sure this has happened to everyone too.
When one of the "Friends" brings a new person for the Memorial Festivities and they partake of the emblems.
I remember one time the brother giving the Memorial Festivus Talk kept repeating over and over that Emblems were just for the Annointed.
But this didn't stop the visitor from having a snack.
The sister that brought the visitor was mortified.
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i'm wondering what the funniest thing you ever saw at the memorial was?.
for me it was when one of the mentally ill ladies in the congregation came to the kh with the back of her dress cut out because she said she was telling the demons to kiss her butt.. she walked right up to the front row, past everyone and sat down.. there were brothers running to block everyones view but it was quite clear that she was not even wearing undies.. this particular sister was always talking about the demons.
Blondie,
I know I am bad in finding humor in that.
This particular sister was told it was her duty to Jehovah not to go do the door to door work. I had never ever heard that from the brothers.
She wouldn't take medication for her mental illness because she felt if she prayed enough to Jehovah she would be okay.
She would go away for long periods because her family would put her away - they being not witnesses.
She would be so clear and smart when she was first released.
Then as soon as all of the medication was out of her system back to being the Wacko of the hall talking to demons.
I think she definately suffers from Schizophrenia.
Again, I know its bad to find humor at her expense - but it was the only thing that made that particular memorial edurable.
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i'm wondering what the funniest thing you ever saw at the memorial was?.
for me it was when one of the mentally ill ladies in the congregation came to the kh with the back of her dress cut out because she said she was telling the demons to kiss her butt.. she walked right up to the front row, past everyone and sat down.. there were brothers running to block everyones view but it was quite clear that she was not even wearing undies.. this particular sister was always talking about the demons.
I'm wondering what the funniest thing you ever saw at the Memorial was?
For me it was when one of the mentally ill ladies in the congregation came to the KH with the back of her dress cut out because she said she was telling the demons to kiss her butt.
She walked right up to the front row, past everyone and sat down.
There were brothers running to block everyones view but it was quite clear that she was not even wearing undies.
This particular sister was always talking about the demons.
we seem to be having on run on new members,,,,,,,yippie .
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welcome to all you newbies glad you decided to join us.
Thank you very much.
I was actually here before under another name but my EVIL MOTHER IN LAW.
MRS HOLLY HOBBY JEHOVAHS WITNESS.
Somehow found me here and copied some posts to use against me at a later arguement.
So now I remain....anonymous
i have been disfellowshipped for 13 years.
last april, my mom passed away from pancreatic cancer.
she was still a very active witness until the day she died as is the rest of my family.
Hi Low-key,
First let me say I am sorry for your loss.
My husbands grandmother died a while back. She was a real pistol! Let me tell you she hated the Jehovahs Witnesses and what they believed in.
She was protestant and that's that.
Her 2 JW children decided to have a Witness Funeral. It was disgusting.
I know she would have been screaming mad.
The person giving the talk...I call it that because it should have been at the Kingdom Hall actually said at one point......Will you open your bible to__________________.
Seriously, how many people bring a bible to a funeral at a funeral home?
They turned it all into a talk about what JW's believe and the good brothers and sisters were actually handing out magazines to people.
It was absolutely disgusting and has made me hate the idiots at my husbands old hall even more.
I'm sorry you had to go through that but I am glad you are out.
just wondering how many others there are like me who are married to a witness who is either actively going or fading away?
i have found that even though my husband is fading away - he still has a lot of those witness thoughts.. it's definately better that he is away from them and not getting their "spiritual food (vomit)".
but i still have worries when his mother calls and invites us to the memorial or tries to give us the latest book.. i feel my blood pressure just about go through the roof.. i'm glad there are places like this board to talk with people and get support from real " friends".
Just wondering how many others there are like me who are married to a Witness who is either actively going or fading away?
I have found that even though my husband is fading away - he still has a lot of those Witness thoughts.
It's definately better that he is away from them and not getting their "Spiritual Food (vomit)"
But I still have worries when his mother calls and invites us to the Memorial or tries to give us the latest book.
I feel my blood pressure just about go through the roof.
I'm glad there are places like this board to talk with people and get support from real " Friends"
Not fake KH friends.
can someone help me to understand what it would mean to a loyal witnes to diassociate yourself, and to the org?
having seen what happened during my husband's df, and his subsequentreinstatement, what would it mean to da yourself?
would you be treated the same as being df?
Dear Worldly Wife,
My heart goes out to you. Shortly after I married my husband he decided to go back to the Kingdom Halls and start going to meetings. This was such a big shock to me because I didn't know what the witnesses were about at all.
I was pregnant with our first child then. They put my husband on reproof for marrying outside of the witnesses.
The elders tried to break my marriage apart at every turn - sending my husband out into service with unmarried women whom they considered good sisters. Telling my husband if he divorced me it would not displease Jehovah as long as he married a good sister.
It was really horrible and put so much stress on me - especially after our baby came.
This has been going on for quite a while now.
I can give you some advice if you would like it. Don't fight. It just makes you look evil in their eyes. I fought with him so much in the beginning bashing him over the head with words about how wrong the society is. It just made him run towards them.
So I changed my tactic.
Be kind, be loving and make him want to stay home with you.
I would sabotage meeting times by being in the mood......and he didn't want to go late.
I would make the best dinners and keep the house super clean and just tell him how wonderful he was all the time.
I also would slip in questions from my friends here on the net to make him think but I always asked in a nice way.
He has slipped away. I keep him busy alot.
His damn mother interferes but its to the point where we now have 2 kids and I have told him in a not so very nice way.......if you go back I will take the kids and you will not see them. Luckily for me my husband loves me and our children so very much and knows that I am a woman of my word.
I told him the court will support me because the pedophiles in the Kingdom Halls and the Blood Policy and I will get full custody of our children.
Some other advice.
Make sure all the hospitals in your area have your directives over how you want your body treated and your childs in the case of a medical emergency.
My husband believes in their blood policy. I did not want to die because he couldn't be strong.
So I took the power out of his hands.
If you ever need to talk please feel free to contact me.
we just took ours down last night!
the first "after-wts" year that we celebrated christmas, i left everything up until the 7th of january!
it doesn't seem like we've enjoyed them long enough!.
I still have our tree up.
I'm hoping that if my Witness Mother in law shows up anytime soon it will make her visit extremely short.
I may keep it up forever as repellent.
